I got creative
when the Amtrack
bartender heard ‘gin’
instead of ‘Jim’.

The tonic’s fizz lifted
my head and thrashed it
like a believer speaking
in tongues and possessed
by the spirit’s flame.

Creative like the guy
who thought of the
cup that held my
clear bubbled elixir.

He decided to make
cups out of plants
and now the earth is getting
saved – and not just on Sundays –
but everyday,

One disposable
cup-made-out-of-plants
at a time.